If you use this, drop a note to CCRN's Kimberman and thank him for providing the template.

If you prefer, you can click below for a ready-to-print PDF. Then, just fill in the three blanks, make a photocopy of your permit and license, and send the copies and the letter via certified mail, return receipt requested:

Dear Commissioner:Minn. Stat. 609.66, Subdivision 1g specifies that a person who "possesses a dangerous weapon, ammunition, or explosives in any state building within the capitol area described in section 15.50, other than the National Guard Armory" is guilty of a felony, except for several classes of persons, including "persons who carry pistols according to the terms of a permit issued under section 624.714 and who so notify the sheriff or the commissioner of public safety, as appropriate." (Minn. Stat 609.66, Subd 1g, (b)(2))

As a citizen involved in the legislative process, I frequently visit buildings within the capitol area. As the holder of a Minnesota State Permit to Carry a Handgun, it is likely that when I do so, I will have my pistol in my possession.

Please consider this letter as the required notification, securing for me the exemption specified in Minn. Stat 609.66, Subd 1g, (b)(2). A copy of my current permit, which expires on ___________________________, is included, as is a copy of the front of my Minnesota driver’s license.

...A person who commits either of the following acts is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both:(1) possesses a dangerous weapon, ammunition, or explosives within any courthouse complex; or(2) possesses a dangerous weapon, ammunition, or explosives in any state building within the Capitol Area described in chapter 15B....

...this subdivision does not apply to...persons who carry pistols according to the terms of a permit issued under section 624.714 and who so notify...the commissioner of public safety....